UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.
`Petitioner
`v.
`PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case No.: IPR2016-00754
`Patent No.: 8,559,635
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`PETITIONER’S UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.
`Petitioner
`v.
`PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
`Patent Owner
`
`Case No.: IPR2016-00754
`Patent No.: 8,559,635
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`PETITIONER’S UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(3), Petitioner Apple Inc. hereby submits the
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`following Updated Mandatory Notices (“Notices”).
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`I.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(B)(1): REAL PARTY-IN-INTEREST
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`Apple is the real party-in-interest for Petitioner.
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`II.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(B)(2): RELATED MATTERS
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`PMC asserted the ’635 patent against Apple in Case No. 2:15-cv-01366-
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`JRG-RSP (E.D. Tex. filed July 30, 2015). This case may affect, or be affected by,
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`this proceeding. Apple is not aware of other proceedings involving the ’635 patent.
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`Other related PMC patents in the same patent family are also the subject of
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`related Apple IPRs: IPR2016-00751 (trial instituted), IPR2016-00753 (trial
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`instituted), IPR2016-00755 (trial instituted), and IPR2016-01520 (pending).
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`Other related PMC patents in the same patent family were the subject of
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`IPRs brought by Amazon.com: IPR2014-01527, IPR2014-01528, IPR2014-01530,
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`IPR2014-01531, IPR2014-01532, IPR2014-01533, and IPR2014-01534. The
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`PTAB issued a Final Written Decision in IPR2014-01527 on March 23, 2016,
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`invalidating all challenged claims. PMC has filed an appeal, pending as No. 17-
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`1155 (Fed. Cir.). The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision in IPR2014-01528 on
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`March 23, 2016, invalidating all challenged claims. PMC has filed an appeal,
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`pending as No. 17-1441 (Fed. Cir.). The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision in
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`IPR2014-01530 on March 24, 2016, invalidating all challenged claims. PMC has
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`filed an appeal, pending as No. 17-1588 (Fed. Cir.). The PTAB issued a Final
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`Written Decision in IPR2014-01531 on April 1, 2016, invalidating all challenged
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`claims. PMC has filed an appeal, pending as No. 17-1576 (Fed. Cir.). The PTAB
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`issued a Final Written Decision in IPR2014-01532 on March 29, 2016, invalidating
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`all challenged claims. PMC has filed an appeal, pending as No. 17-1537 (Fed.
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`Cir.). The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision in IPR2014-01533 on March 8,
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`2016, invalidating all challenged claims. PMC has filed an appeal, pending as No.
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`16-2606 (Fed. Cir.). The PTAB issued a Final Written Decision in IPR2014-01534
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`on March 22, 2016, invalidating all challenged claims. PMC has filed an appeal,
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`pending as No. 16-2699 (Fed. Cir.).
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`IPRs brought by Zynga were instituted against patents related to the ’635
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`patent in the following proceedings, but the IPRs were terminated before reaching
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`a final decision as a result of a settlement: IPR2013-00156 (trial instituted),
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`IPR2013-00162 (trial instituted), IPR2013-00164 (trial instituted), and IPR2013-
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`00171 (trial instituted).
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`Other related PMC patents in the same patent family have been asserted in
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`various federal courts, including the following pending case: PMC v. Funai
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`Electric Co., Ltd., No. 2:16-cv-00105 (E.D. Tex.). The following related cases
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`have been closed, PMC v. Samsung Elecs. Am., Inc., No. 2:15-cv-1754-JRG-RSP
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`(E.D. Tex.); PMC v. Top Victory Elecs. (Taiwan) Co. Ltd., No. 2:15-cv-1206-JRG-
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`RSP (E.D. Tex.); and PMC v. Amazon.com Inc., 1:13-cv-01608-RGA (D. Del.).
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`PMC appealed the district court ruling invalidating all asserted claims in PMC v.
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`Amazon.com Inc., and the Federal Circuit issued an opinion affirming the district
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`court’s ruling on December 7, 2016 in PMC v. Amazon.com Inc., No. 15-2008
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`(Fed. Cir. Dec. 7, 2016).
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`III. 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(B)(3) AND (4): LEAD AND BACK-UP COUNSEL
`AND SERVICE INFORMATION
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`Apple submits a Power of Attorney. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b).
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`Lead Counsel
`Marcus E. Sernel (Reg. No. 55,606)
`Postal and Hand-Delivery Address:
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`300 North LaSalle Street
`Chicago, Illinois 60654
`Telephone: (312) 862-2000
`Fax: (312) 862-2200
`Email: msernel@kirkland.com
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`Back-up Counsel
`Joel R. Merkin (Reg. No. 58,600)
`Eugene Goryunov (Reg. No. 61,579),
`Postal and Hand-Delivery Address:
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`300 North LaSalle Street
`Chicago, Illinois 60654
`Telephone: (312) 862-2000
`Fax: (312) 862-2200
`Email: jmerkin@kirkland.com
`Email: egoryunov@kirkland.com
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`Gregory S. Arovas (Reg. No. 38,818)
`Alan Rabinowitz (Reg. No. 66,217)
`Postal and Hand-Delivery Address:
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`601 Lexington Avenue
`New York, NY 10028
`Telephone: (212) 446-4800
`Fax: (212) 446-6460
`Email: garovas@kirkland.com
`Email: arabinowitz@kirkland.com
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4): Service Information
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`A.
`Apple consents to service by email at Apple-PMC-PTAB@kirkland.com.
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`Date: February 14, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Marcus E. Sernel
`Marcus E. Sernel (Reg. No. 55,606)
`Joel R. Merkin (Reg. No. 58,600)
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`300 North LaSalle Street
`Chicago, Illinois 60654
`P: 312.862.2000; F: 312.862.2200
`msernel@kirkland.com
`joel.merkin@kirkland.com
`Attorney For Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies
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`that a copy of
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`the
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`foregoing
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`PETITIONER’S UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES, was served on
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`February 14, 2017 to the following attorneys of record by electronic transmission:
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`Jennifer Albert
`Stephen Schneiner
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`901 New York Avenue N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20001
`DG-PMC-Apple@goodwinprocter.com
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`Douglas Kline
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`Exchange Place, 53 State Street
`Boston, Massachusetts 02109
`DG-PMC-Apple@goodwinprocter.com
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`April E. Weisbruch
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`901 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20001
`Tel.: (202). 346.4306
`Fax: (202) 346-4444
`Email: aweisbruch@goodwinlaw.com
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`Thomas J. Scott
`PERSONALIZED MEDIA
`COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
`14090 Southwest Freeway, Suite 450
`Sugar Land, TX 77478
`tscott@pmcip.com
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`Krupa K. Parikh
`GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
`901 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20001
`Tel.: (202). 346.4059
`Fax: (202) 346-4444
`Email: kparikh@goodwinlaw.com
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`/s/ Marcus E. Sernel
`Marcus E. Sernel
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